Monday, February 11, 2013

A day in the life...

I always wonder if the amount of things I do in a day are normal, or if I really am crazy to continue to try to keep going at the rate I'm going...

7:15am- get off work,
7:20-8am- ride home with a co-worker because the *#&%#*& van is over heating (I just fixed the van a month ago or I wouldn't be calling it names), take the dog out, feed him, wake J up and find out if he is taking the van in, find something to eat, attempt to go to sleep.
8am- start watching Modern Family on Hulu cause I'm not even the slightest bit tired. Bad idea, I LOVE Modern Family. Prolly the only show I am always caught up on. Anything that makes me laugh out loud stays at the top of my list. Like Kate's awesome blog (www.thenestedblog.com) No matter how many times J says I'm stalking her, I'm gonna keep reading cause she always makes me laugh.
8:25- grab a beer and start watching less entertaining show, cause I'm still wide awake.
9:15- Think I dozed off cause J's text seems to wake me up. Van is not good. Will not be done today.
9:18- Start calling the ex to see if he can get the girls. Nothing is ever a quick conversation with him.
11:40- Text received- "I'm 99.9% sure they are going to offer you the job. Get your resignation letter ready!! And your backup babysitters." Couldn't turn the ringer off cause of the girls and the van. I've been waiting on pins and needles to hear about the interview I went to on Friday and now I'm SUPER excited and can't sleep.
11:55- Give up on the bed and go tell J the news. Realist that he is, talks me back down and says that it's not 100% and that I shouldn't let my hopes get too high. Sounds meaner than it is, but he knows that I REALLY want this and that I'd be crushed if I don't get it.
12:10 Back to bed. Please, please, please let me sleep....
12:20- Call from mechanic. Van will be ready. Text the ex to see what the plan is.
12:30- Text again. Gotta love being ignored.
1240- Text again. Yes, I am going to keep it up...
12:45- Call because obviously he isn't going to respond. Change plans again. Gotta pick the bugs up from school. Call school. Try again to sleep.
1:30- So much for sleep today. Off to get my van and my girls.
2:40- Too early for school pick up, so pit stop at Publix it is. At least I can hit the store without all the girls.
3:30- Call from Nursing Recruiter with a job offer!!!!!!!!!!! Only bad thing is trying to ask all my questions in a car full of kids plus J. Maybe he remembers the conversation...
3:45- Finally home. Finishing the phone call and trying to get the dog walked again. And it's time to clean out the van because J and I decided that we should get rid of one of the seats in the van and I think I found Jim Henson's inspiration for the TrashHeap. The amount of stuff under this seat was seriously scary. Good news- the girls get to clean it. Bad news- the need LOTS of supervision to accomplish any cleaning task. But at least I'm not actually cleaning that mess up.
4:30- Off to the pool with the kiddos. OK, I'm stretching the truth a little here. J took them so I could get showered for work in peace.
5:00- Everyone home and I'm dressed for work. Now it's time for homework! Yippee. I hope you can detect the sarcasm. At least Sky doesn't usually need help.
5:30- still working on homework, trying to pack my work lunch and work bag, trying to find something to eat before work cause I don't remember actually eating anything up until this point.
6:00 2/3 done with their homework and now it's time to get the laundry put away. (Yes, I'm adding to the giant pile of needs to be folded/hung up pile that I have been growing for 2 weeks. I swear I'll put them away tomorrow.)
6:15- Finally out the door to work. Maybe the day will calm down once I'm at the hospital... Maybe... OK, please?????

Sorry for the not so exciting post, but does anyone else have days like this 95% of the time? No wonder I am asleep on the couch at 9pm on my days off.
And if you just started skimming (and I really don't blame you if you did) and missed it, I GOT THE JOB!!!!!! I definitely want the job. Now comes all the fear and self doubt. Am I doing the right thing by switching? Will this help my situation? Will I be upset that I no longer have 4 days off a week? I know I won't miss working all night. My body is constantly tired. Gotta give notice to my boss and tell my coworkers tomorrow... scary.